In the first year that SCHIP was in law, Texas is a biennial State in terms of its legislature so we weren't able to get the program up and running. But in the second biennium, we did get it up and running under then- Governor Bush's leadership. Texas now ranks third in terms of the number of absolute children, and I would say in the top five in terms of percentage of eligible children, under SCHIP.
Discussing Texas's implementation and ranking in the SCHIP program.
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Mr. Chairman, my time has expired. Next time I would ask unanimous consent if I could ask the question and then answer it myself so that I could make sure I get the right answer I want.
I think it's good to have this and I think it's very good that we try to work to tighten up and, as the gentlelady just said, let's determine what the real intent is and then legislate accordingly.
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